Hey, You On That Shore!
I'll bet that over there on that shore
lives a lonely star.
Very lonely.
Hey, you on that shore!
If you're getting ready, so to speak, for a swim,
then, frankly speaking, it's too cold already.
Heh-heh-heh-heh!
Do you know who lives over there where that light's shining?
A dragon.
Have you seen it?
I don't even wish to see it, if I may say!
You think, if I may say... that I'm tired of life?
How I'd like to get to know it...
A strange wish, if I may say.
Don't you realize, if I may say,
what "dragon" means?
It's a frightful beast!
That is to say, a monster,
and what's more, it's got three heads.
- Ooooooh....
Really, if I may say, I get goosebumps just hearing him!
What a fright!
Maybe he simply needs someone's help?
And that's why he howls...
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
Oh, sure! Yours, to be precise!
I'll bet, if I may say,
that he's waiting for simpletons just like you!
And once you fly, so to speak, a bit closer,
he'll tear your feathers out.
So I say, farewell!
I won't play such games, so to speak...
...and, If I may say, I don't recommend you to play them either! Ha ha!
No... I'd still like to know:
what's he like, this dragon?
Oh!
Who's come to visit us?
Ha ha ha!
Our esteemed Little Fox! Ha ha ha ha!
Our dear Little Fox!!
At last, welcome!
You were just the one we were waiting for!
Ha ha ha ha ha...
- Oooooo....
Still, this is a bit scary.
Maybe I really should go back?
[Beware of Angry Dog]
- Ruff... - Oh...
What are you doing?
Me? Nothing.
I only wanted to know: does anybody need help?
Help? Nah, there's no need for any helpers!
All sorts of unwanted folk like to come hang around here!
Some want to stay the night, and some want to take your supper...
But I've already had supper.
Yeah? Too bad.
You must be sick of eating alone.
I'm not sick of it, I live with my dad.
So, then, you live by yourself?
Well, naturally. I'm guarding this cottage.
But where's the dragon?
The "dragon" is me.
You?!
Uh-huh. That's my name:
"Dra-gon".
And I thought... that there was a real dragon!
What an idea, "a real one", indeed!
I'd look pretty good, with three heads!
You know, Little Fox,
I wouldn't complain, but it is rather... lonely.
I've been guarding this house since childhood.
Always on that chain?
Well, what would you have me do?
Duty means duty.
Would you like to go boating along the river at night?
Or does that chain stop you?
What's the chain got to do with it? The chain's on a clip.
I can take it off, or I can put it on.
Only what's the point of taking it off?
To see the world!
Heh... the world's the same everywhere.
Everyone's attached to their own chain.
- Me too? - You too.
But, but look, I am free!
Free!
But could you run away from your father to the edge of the world...
...forever?
To the edge of the world, yes...
...but forever, no.
Ah... and there you have it.
You, also, are tied to your home.
Some have a longer chain, some a shorter one,
some are tied to their friends, some to their work,
and I am tied to my solitude.
But, I am still free.
I play where I want, I sleep when I want,
I journey anywhere in the forest with my friends!
What about you?
What about you? What do you know, sitting behind a fence?
Ok, ok... don't get yourself worked up.
If you want, we'll go boating.
Heh... look, it's also on a chain.
I'll just go and take that chain off it...
I'll come visit you every day.
But you too, at least once a week, come and visit us on our shore...
Our home is warm, merry, cozy...
And on the table we have pastries with jam.
Oh, I forgot about the pastry.
Here, this is for you.
Help yourself.
screenwriter Igor Farbarzhevich director Boris Tuzanovich
art director Yelena Karavayeva camera Igor Shkamarda
composer Shandor Kallosh sound Nelli Kudrina
voices Lyudmila Gnilova (Fox), Yevgeniy Gerchakov (Crow), Rogvold Suhoverko (Dog)
animators Svetlana Sichkar, Alika Yabrova, Vladimir Sporyhin, Ye. Blinova
artists Nina Ivancheva, Aleksandr Brezhnev, Ye. Stanikova, I. Balova, Nina Podlesnykh,
Margarita Lugovaya, Larisa Podsypanina, Yevgeniy Potsyus, M. Korotkova,
L. Motorina, O. Melik-Sarkisyan
assistant director Z. Plehanova ass. art director Svetlana Aleksashina
montage Lyudmila Ruban, Olga Chekalina script editor Alisa Feodoridi production director Lidiya Varentsova
Studio of animated TV films Creative association "Ekran", 1992
The End (subtitles by Niffiwan @ animatsiya.net)